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The Truth about Roswell: Decoding Decades of Deception
🕑 Added 2023-06-23 00:59:38 +0000 UTCIt was a sunny afternoon on June 24th, 1947, and Kenneth Arnold was flying his small aircraft over Mineral, Washington. He was heading to Yakima but took a slight detour to look for a lost US Marine Corps plane. If he could find it, he’d collect a nice reward.
Flying near Mount Rainier, he spotted a shiny object in his plane's mirror. Then, he saw multiple flashes of light. It looked like a group of aircraft, flying in formation. But something was wrong - these 'aircraft' didn't have tails. And they were flying faster than anything he’d ever seen. After about two minutes, the objects vanished near Mount Adams.
When Kenneth landed in Yakima, he immediately told his friends and airport staff about his bizarre experience. By the time he reached Pendleton, Oregon, his story had spread. Reporters were eager to hear it.
In describing the odd movement of these objects, Kenneth said it was like a teacup saucer skipping across a lake. At that moment, the term “flying saucer” was born.
And over the next two weeks, events would unfold that would affect every person on Earth. And change the course of history.
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Shawn Young
What did he the alien say?
Jessica Standley
Ooh! Surviving alien please!!!
Jeffrey Hurst
I live in Roswell,NM. Good job.
Raj Hudek
Seconded!
Daniel Nye
We need the video on the surviving Alien
Iain Gibson
Its a reference to The Muppets which was an american TV show from the 70's. its worth a youtube to get the fully glory......and also Waldorf and Stadler are good from the same show
Dena Laura Shea
What is the Phenomenon song?
thormusique
Woho ! An incredibly clear explication of a headscratchingly intertwined set of rabbit holes. And yes, please cover the Talking Alien! Perhaps that could even be the next TWF plushie, cheers!
Deborah
Absolutely Ricky , bring on part 2 guys 💯. Brilliant episode 🙏, thank you.
Rawhide & MissKitty
Yes, we'd love an episode on the Los Alamos Alien please. Nanu Nanu
Harold Ploeg
Don’t worry. He is fine. He loves making videos. The longer, the better.
thoughtdreams
How about an Art Bell episode? A voice in the wilderness to many for so long. Besides a story about the man himself, the topics he covered are a treasure trove of ideas for future episodes.
Cat Collins
Episode about the surviving alien please. Wonder what he had to say...
Christina Hatch
Loved this episode! It’s prob no coincidence it came out with so many UFO sightings in my area over the last week. 🤪
Ricky Lovett
One of my all time favs! I was born in White Sands New Mexico in the 50s and I’ve been fascinated with Roswell ever since I was a child. Your 60 minute episode was one of the finest wrap ups I’ve seen on this and yes, I can probably speak for all of us patrons that we would love to see part two!
Don Stewart
See. Heckle is fast as in Hecklefastfish
yy
Never mind, I managed to buy 2. The link I used was not working. Thanks!
yy
Can you please do a restock of hecklefish🙏
Hugo Yamassaki
Pleease do the "alien survivor" eposide !!!!
Carol Taylor
Please, the story of the surviving alien.
Jimbo KZ
Episode on the surviving alien plzzzzz Mr AJ and EL Heckelfish
Benjamin Doyle
We want to hear what the alien had to say, yessir
JE Morse
Definitely have to see an episode about the surviving alien!
Timothy W
Your content is top tier. Easily my favourite YT channel. Love live Hecklefish!
Don Stewart
Awesome video. Thanks again for all you do.
Tiph Tobie
Definitely want an episode about 1972 live alien event!!!
CG
What was the viewer count last night? Did it break another record?
John Dumais
Love the clip of Art Bell reading the alien body explanation.
Sam Palahnuk
AJ, yet another excellent video! You are doing the work of at least four people! I hope you add some crew members and keep up the good work and avoid burn out. Also - I bought a Hecklefish plush! Yay! 🐠
Louie and Deanie Garcia
Great work as usual! We always look forward to it!
Ed Keighron
Great show last night
Neal Bird
Follow up story on the talking alien 👽👾
Skeptical_Savage
This summary of one of the most iconic American stories, cover-ups, conspiracies of ALL time was on point…this is why we love and support “The Why Files”…Heckle’s Mork and Mindy reference at the end was perfect…thank you AJ, Jen, Victoria, Gino and the rest of the crew…love you guys!!
Garrison Ford
Dang…I’m all Roswell’d out!!! You should check out the Magé, Brazil incident from 2020…it’s pretty nuts! Love your vids and absolutely appreciate all the research and consideration you and that dang fish put into your content!!! xWerDx
Jim Hoyle
What? A live alien???? Please post a followup story!
Richard Sanchez
Amazing job. The best info on the whole roswell thing summed up beautifully
Fred Grainsville
For example one of the most important historical events coincides with Roswell UFO incident (mid 1947). The ramming of the ship the exodus (the ss Warfield), http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/01/21/the-1947-exodus-the-return
David Gilleard
extra info please
Orphalily
Follow up video please!👽
Joan Robinson
I know you spent hours and hours editing and I want you to know it shows. Very well done!
Amanda-Lea Smith
Yep, another vote for the alien input please.
Andrew Key
please cover the rest of this story ,many thanks
James Polansky
No way you left us on a cliffhanger like that! 2nd episode please
Ivito
To me it means he's fast tracking events
Mateusz Wawrzacz
What did the alien say? Does this story ring true?
Andrew Key
there a lot misinformation about Roswell, but I believe a UFO did crash. I believe it was shot down.The body are on ice somewhere not at area 51(That just smoke and mirrors)
Kevin Via
I was making a joke about Paul, but 100% agree. I was on the Nimitz in the gulf saw something crazy. They will never tell us anything that allows us to know what's really going on.
James Williams
Were you referring to skinny Bob at the end? Either way make that episode please!
The Original Jay
Extra info yea please
Joshua Stubbles
Excellent episode! Thanks so much. And yes, please cover that extra info! :)
John Hobart
100%…just look at WW2 tech…and then FF only a couple years….it is so obvious they reverse engineered tech.
John Hobart
No kiddin! That’s why I hope AJ and crew NEVER dismiss doing a story just because it’s been done before…he makes it new.
John Hobart
And those puke bags are STILL lying about it.. everyone who was involved in it is dead now. I was born in 72 few years after you but I would have hoped by the time I was 50 freakin years old, the dirtbags in gov would be able to puke up a truth… but nope.
John Hobart
Speakin of big balloons….AJ always debunking everything that I love is like me generating excitement with the ladies telling them I only use the magnum size balloons…..BUT, I need zip ties to keep ‘em on.
SGW4K
We're probably all familiar with the Roswell incident or at least the basics behind it, but you managed to piece it all together, provide some new snippets of info, analyse and separate the truth from fiction all in clever, fresh feeling way. Thanks. How about Friedman's photo analysis though, has this been debunked? I've always felt he was one of the more credible of UFO researchers. Can't wait for part 2 👽🛸
Morgan Seppy
Congrats on breaking the watch record!
Derrick Brown
awesome! more please!
Robert Lloyd
great reporting, bring on any additional stories on roswell, or updates.
Hal White
Lovely learning how to add a comment caused me to delete my comment.. anyways a friend of mine Meg Porter Berns when she worked at Channel 7 Miami, was interviewing an Ex-CIA agent about Project Stargate, after finished her interview she asked about the Roswell crash, he said there was no crash, it was a meeting. Also something about 2 ships neither crashed. Something for an exchange of technology. I have seen UFO’s for years and whole heartedly believe God did not stop at Earth. That so puts him in a convenient box. Anyways the talking Alien is an awesome art piece created from YouTube channel Menithings. Really convincing for most of it. Love your channel glad to be a Patreon member an ordering my Hecklefish soon.. did you release a video covering his sayings.
Kazren
First of all, I do want to hear the story you teased at the end about the possibility of a survivor of the Roswell crash. Secondly, at this point in time, "belief" in UFOs is something anyone who reads, looks at the skies, and actually thinks is a certainty. With all we're learning from CERN these last few years, surely people realize there's more out there than empty space. Or are they just more stupid than I can imagine? Sigh.
Seth Reed
Please, do a piece on the alien. Thanks!
Jesse Wilder
How about the Aurora, TX UFO?
JE Morse
AJ and crew, Bravo! Amazing video. The way you presented the topic, and then provide additional information for or against said topic, is truly beautiful to watch and engage with. There was so much in tonight's video I'm gonna have to watch this episode again! PS-an episode on the living alien is an absolute must have, please and thank you.
Matias Valdez
You should definitely make the video of the Alien that had a lot to say 🙏🏼
Tripal Helix
Phenomenal presentation, and YES, I would like a separate video on just what that alien had to say....
M M
Great episode!! Please cover the rest!! I would like to hear what this alien had to say
Megan Lindsey
I think it's my favorite so far! I say that every week.. you never disappoint. Very impatiently awaiting the part 2 video. I love you guys and thank you for everything you do!
AJudd Gentile is me!!
Great one, AJ!! You didn't even mention Bob Lazar, which I think could make a great story/topic. I had a friend who claims he was in the military (which I believe) & claims The US military had a live alien & he wholl liked strawberry ice cream
Kathy Berken
Cliffhanger is right! Do the next part if you're up to it. I've read a lot about Roswell over the years, but this puts it all together with so much more detail. Thank you!
Linda James
I’m curious about the UFO crash site in Missouri
Alicia Lane
UMMMM.........OMG YES PLEASE A SECOND VID . A living alien for 5 years so good!
Jason RK
Watching an hour before it releases on YouTube B)
Corey Edwards
Better yet...we should have an official Why Files get-together there! 🤣
Corey Edwards
He is. Unfortunately, they encountered some issues uploading tonight's episode to YouTube for the premiere so it was delayed. The delay was bad enough they chose to cancel the After Files. Most weeks, though, they still do it. I look forward to that even more than the premiere. I can watch the new episode any time. The After Files only comes once a week.
Corey Edwards
Loved this one. The alien that stayed at the base, are you referring to EBE-1/Skinny Bob? If so, I've heard the story and find it rather depressing but I would love to see if you've unearthed anything new that I haven't seen before. TL;DR: If you ever ask us "if you want to see an episode on that, let me know" - let me just go ahead and stop you there. The answer will ALWAYS be yes.
Dave Scott
I'd like to hear more.
Jim Hoffman
How did I never realize that Roswell happened on my bday exactly 20 years before I was born?!
Kevin Via
If anyone is interested in what that alien had to say, there is an amazing documentary on it called just "Paul". It's the story of some of his life, the escape and them trying to recapture him. Paul was what we called the alien.
Kitty Hinkle
Would anyone NOT want to hear the “rest of the story”?
Kevin Via
Wow, tackling a beat to death story and still making it a winner. 🏆
Drew Tolliver
You better believe we need a video of the twist at the end!
MICHELE VAUGHAN
Please do the video!!!
Elak Swindell
Excellent retelling of the Roswell crash and its history. There is no denying that it did happen and was the foundation of the Shadow Government that formed behind-the-scenes separate from the regular military and government. You can just look at the rapid advancement of computer technology after this event as proof of reverse engineering and small leaks of that knowledge to the world over the years, though never enough to actual help our society all that much. Just like today, they have a 100 years of things we have literally been shown in tons of sci-fi TV shows, movies, books and comics, but we just take it for fun fantasy, yet they have starships, tractor beams, faster-than-light travel, force fields, stasis fields, etc. This was supported recently in the UFO/UAP Conference with Steven Greer and a panel of ex-military/governmental personnel, especially when one of them said, "Anything you see in Star Trek, they have."
Christine Atanasio
PHENOMENAL video!!! Love how you unpacked it all in the timeline format, and what’s this? A cliffhanger? Would love to see more on the EBE. Thank you so much AJ and Team! Rest up well!
Robert Cowie
AJ this is 48 minutes. I appreciate the content and the delivery but I don’t want you laboring yourself on long form content to the detriment of your well being.
Chris Conlan
Sooo good !!
Jeff Betsch
Omg!! You lift me up, break my heart and a CLIFF HANGER!!! I hate and love you at the same time.. argh... Yes, do the video you spoke of at the end
19BiGRED74
More please!!! Awesome video!!!
Fane Reian
Best cliffhanger in The Why Files history. I need that story! And a Hecklefish plushy
Nikki G_0
Another great episode. Thanks for posting it on here early so I don't have to stay up way past my bedtime when I have to work in the morning. Please do the follow up story about the living alien. 👽✌️
Laurie D'Souza
You had me thinking this was real, then you gave more context and information, but in the last 60 seconds, you gave that cliff hanger. Now I'm not sure what to believe!
Jeff Wallace
Thank you. I have no life so Thursday Night WF is essential to my survival.
Ryan Gallant
Made my night!!
StinkinChickin
The most complete and concise presentation I have seen on the subject.
Jan Harrill
Yay, I got to see an episode tonight! Yes I want to see the next story of the alien!
Thomas Ford Hardin
Definitely follow up with another video!
Bryan Scott Hardie
DO THE VIDEO!!!!
Dalton Bilsky
Really enjoyed it, lots of info but good flow to it and well paced. Personally I do think a ufo crashed there but with everything that has happened to muddy the waters, we'll never know for sure and I am thinking maybe people need to quit focusing so much on Roswell as the smoking gun - we've know about it for decades and it still hadn't caused disclosure, maybe leave it alone and let's focus elsewhere.
J Thor
As new new Patreon member...ah the perks of my favorite weekly Tube show :)
Jovan Anderson
Great episode reminded me of a story I heard about nazi ufo 🛸 😳 Thank you Nanu nanu!
Vee
Wow this was great, so much was unpacked. I need to know more about what this Alien had to say, I thought isn't he speaking about the Ebe-1 alien at the end??
Peter Anniko
Another amazing video - Thanks! Would love to hear more about the survivor alien sometime.
Rosa Meza
Definitely need the follow up story. Very interested to see what you can find out. Love this channel. Thank you for what you do.
Mellie
Very interesting stuff... but what's the deal with the clock in the upper corner of the screen? ⏰️ 🤔
John Hobart
Asking if we want a follow up story is like Gal Gadot asking me if I want to spend a night or 2 at the super 8 with her and Scarlett Johansson… Uh…I think yeah, we want it…
Rex B
Yes we need the follow up story about the live alien. The Why Files are the best content ever.
Jan Bounds
COVER IT! And I don't have enough money for the Heckplush, but will in 10 days if you're not sold out by then.😞 Love you guys!
Mark william lane
The alien lived, let me guess, became a practicing Jew and bought up Hollywood. He then invested heavily in Bank of International Settlements. From there he started the breakaway society and now resides in the back room of the Whitehouse. Of course has visiting rights to the Vatican and is on a first name bases with the Pontiff, right? America, you really can become what you want to. God bless us all each and everyone. Oh, please do a follow up on your story! Thx got a little carried away there , as opposed to abducted. Lol
Brevis
When is part 2 coming out ? Definitely can’t just leave it at but there is more… I’m thirsty for the next one
Beer Monkey
Of course we want the follow on Story on the survivor!! Pleeeease!
Nancy Z
Great episode. Would love to see follow up!👽👽
Janet Munin
Yes to the alien follow-up video, please!
Fizzgig
48 minutes still isn't enough Why Files! Hahaha! Thanks for putting so much into this episode guys.. and gals!
Melissa Taylor
Yes to a follow up video
YourBuddyGuy
Thank you. Now, you better cover that alien who was alive. And I mean like—I need it tomorrow. No rush.
Nicholas A Preator
Loved the episode! Do the follow up video too!
Michael Denton
Loved the episode
Nancy Law
*sigh* plausible deniability at work. It figures.
Daniel F. Lyons
Yay!! So excited for this episode!
Shush388
Does Hecklefish know what sometimes comes home in those swan-shaped foil containers… ? 😬🐟🍲
Deathscythe
Why aren't you doing the afterfiles anymore?
MikeD
Not sure I can join tonight, but I’ll try!
ANDREW WALKER
You guys should go to the UFO fest in Roswell!
Todd
Thought for a second we weren’t getting one, Thursday wouldn’t have been complete!! Awesome
Cherie Miller
I will miss after files though but get some sleep!
Cherie Miller
Woohoo! Thank you, AJ and team!
Brevis
Thank you, this will make my night shift much better ❤️
Dalton Bilsky
Cool. Saw it wasn't up in youtube, now I get my Thursday fix😀
Owen Sivertson
thank you!
